Meanings
adjectivelactococcal (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to bacteria of the genus Lactococcus.
In addition, several studies have focused on characterizing the structure and function of lactococcal phage baseplates, as these tail-tip structures possess the receptor-binding proteins that determine the specific recognition of and initial interactions with their particular host(s) [15 –25 ].
2015 July 6, “Structure and Assembly of TP901-1 Virion Unveiled by Mutagenesis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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